Yorkshire: Microsoft Outage Hits Councils, NHS and Police Forces
- On Thursday, November 12, 2026, a major global Microsoft outage disrupted services for millions, including Scottish schools, councils, and health boards. The technical failure locked users out of Outlook and Teams, persisting into Friday.
- Microsoft Executive Vice President Charles Lamanna confirmed the outage resulted from 'failed health checks' within a server-processing component. Early recovery attempts did not provide anticipated relief, though the company ruled out malicious cyber activity.
- Downdetector recorded reports from 74 countries as businesses and governments worldwide faced disruptions. The UK Government activated 'robust contingency plans' to maintain services, while pharmacies reported delays in patient communications and prescription processing.
- Microsoft reported 'early signs of stabilisation' on Friday, though service capacity remained variable as traffic was reintroduced. The company extended email timeout windows to 48 hours to protect delayed messages during recovery.
- Stephen McQuiston of the University of St. Andrews computer science school emphasized that 'e-mail remains quite important' to modern work and business communication. The outage underscores why organisations need redundant communication methods for critical information.
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Microsoft says recovery efforts are making progress on worldwide outage
Microsoft said Friday that it was seeing “continued recovery progress,” including “broader improvements” in North America and “sustained improvements across much of Europe,” as well as “encouraging recovery signals in Asia Pacific.”
The Latest: Microsoft says recovery efforts are making progress on worldwide outage – WTOP News
Microsoft is fixing a massive global outage for its popular workplace software that dragged on into a second day, disrupting everything from emails to police emergency calls and AI tools. A wide range of Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot were affected. Microsoft first flagged the problem on Thursday. It indicated...
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TMZMicrosoft Making Progress To Fully Restoring Outlook After Thousands of Memes Expressing Joy From Outage
Microsoft's huge headache restoring Outlook and other services that went down Thursday is now bleeding into Friday... but the company says it's making progress ... putting an end to the memes being created by employees estatic by not having emails.
Big trouble with Microsoft: There is a great need for information, even for private users. Where you can retrieve the current status of Microsoft services from Copilot to OneDrive - and what it reveals.
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